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Transition Rollout Schedule – October 2017 to September 2018

In May 2016 the full Universal Credit service for all claimant types began to rollout nationally (beyond London) and in July 2016 it was announced that this rollout will complete by September 2018.

The following schedule was updated in October 2017 due to changes being made to the DWP Jobcentre estate network and to coincide with pace of rollout being scaled up to around 50 Jobcentres per month.

This schedule sets out the latest planning assumptions for sites that will transition to the full Universal Credit service (including those already announced – see Annex A). The list is in alphabetical order by local authority mapped to Jobcentre sites.

After the rollout process has completed, DWP will then begin moving all remaining existing benefit claimants to the full Universal Credit service in 2019.

October 2017

Local Authority

Jobcentre area

Babergh District Council

Sudbury JCP

Braintree District Council

Braintree JCP*

(*Also serves Uttlesford District Council) Witham JCP

Brighton & Hove City Council

Hove JCP

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster JCP

Mexborough JCP

Thorne JCP

Durham County Council

Peterlee JCP

Seaham JCP

East Ayrshire Council

Cumnock JCP

Kilmarnock JCP

East Dorset District Council

Poole JCP*

(*Also serves Poole Borough Council and Purbeck District Council)

Eastbourne Borough Council

Eastbourne JCP*

(*Also serves Wealden District Council)

Gateshead Council

Gateshead JCP

Manchester City Council

Alexandra Park JCP

Didsbury JCP

Rusholme JCP

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Neath JCP

Port Talbot JCP

North Dorset District Council

Blandford JCP*

(*Also serves Purbeck District Council)

North Lincolnshire Council

Barton JCP

Scunthorpe JCP

Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council

Bedworth JCP

Nuneaton JCP

Oxford City Council

Oxford JCP

Plymouth City Council

Plymouth JCP*

(*Also serves West Devon Borough Council)

Poole Borough Council

Poole JCP*

(*Also serves Purbeck District Council and East Dorset District Council)

Purbeck District Council

Blandford JCP*

(*Also serves North Dorset District Council)

Poole JCP*

(*Also serves Poole Borough Council and East Dorset District Council)

Redditch Borough Council

Redditch JCP

Rutland County Council

Stamford JCP*

(*Also serves South Kesteven District Council)

Sefton Borough Council

Bootle JCP

Crosby JCP

Southport JCP

South Kesteven District Council

Grantham JCP

Stamford JCP*

(*Also serves Rutland County Council)

South Lanarkshire Council

Cambuslang JCP

East Kilbride JCP

Hamilton JCP

Lanark JCP

Rutherglen JCP

South Oxfordshire District Council

Didcot JCP

St Edmundsbury Borough Council

Bury St Edmunds JCP

Haverhill JCP

Stroud District Council

Stroud JCP

Thurrock Council

Grays JCP

Uttlesford District Council

Braintree JCP*

(*Also serves Braintree District Council)

Vale of White Horse District Council

Abingdon JCP

Waveney District Council

Beccles JCP

Wealden District Council

Eastbourne JCP*

(*Also serves Eastbourne Borough Council)

West Devon Borough Council

Plymouth JCP*

(*Also serves Plymouth City Council)

Wrexham County Borough Council

Wrexham JCP

November 2017

Local Authority

Jobcentre area

Angus Council

Arbroath JCP

Forfar JCP

Montrose JCP

Basildon Council

Basildon JCP

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham Broad St JCP

Birmingham City JCP

Birmingham South West JCP

Sutton Coldfield JCP

Washwood Heath JCP

Yardley JCP

Bournemouth Borough Council

Bournemouth JCP*

(*Also serves Christchurch Borough Council)

Brentwood Borough Council

Brentwood JCP

Brighton and Hove City Council

Brighton JCP

Broxbourne Borough Council

Waltham Cross JCP

Cherwell District Council

Banbury JCP

Chesterfield Borough Council

Chesterfield JCP

Christchurch Borough Council

Bournemouth JCP*

(*Also serves Bournemouth Borough Council)

Cotswold District Council

Cirencester JCP

Dundee City Council

Dundee JCP

Forest of Dean District Council

Cinderford JCP

Coleford JCP

Gateshead Council

Blaydon JCP

Kirklees Council

Dewsbury JCP

Huddersfield JCP

Spen Valley JCP

Lichfield District Council

Lichfield JCP

London Borough of Enfield

Enfield JCP

Newport City Council

Newport JCP

North Ayrshire Council

Irvine JCP

Kilbirnie JCP

Saltcoats JCP

Manchester City Council

Newton Heath JCP

Openshaw JCP

Peterborough City Council

Peterborough JCP

Plymouth City Council

Devonport JCP

St Albans District Council

St Albans JCP

Tamworth Borough Council

Tamworth JCP

West Oxfordshire District Council

Witney JCP

Wirral Council

Birkenhead JCP

Bromborough JCP

Upton JCP

December 2017

Local Authority

Jobcentre area

Bassetlaw District Council

Retford JCP

Worksop JCP

Birmingham City Council

Erdington JCP

Handsworth JCP

Kings Heath JCP

Perry Barr JCP

Selly Oak JCP

Sparkhill JCP

Cheltenham Borough Council

Cheltenham JCP

Cheshire West & Chester Council

Ellesmere Port JCP

Neston JCP

Northwich JCP

Cornwall Council

Bude JCP

Launceston JCP

Liskeard JCP

Durham County Council

Bishop Auckland JCP

Consett JCP

Crook JCP

Stanley JCP

Fife Council

Cowdenbeath JCP

Cupar JCP

Dunfermline JCP

Glenrothes JCP

Kirkcaldy JCP

Leven JCP

St Andrews JCP

London Borough of Lambeth

Stockwell JCP

Streatham JCP

London Borough of Merton

Mitcham JCP

North East Lincolnshire Council

Grimsby JCP

Immingham JCP

Reading Borough Council

Reading JCP*

(*Also serves South Oxfordshire District Council, West Berkshire Council and Wokingham Borough Council)

South Oxfordshire District Council

Reading JCP*

(*Also serves Reading Borough Council West Berkshire Council and Wokingham Borough Council)

Swale Borough Council

Sheerness JCP

Sittingbourne JCP

Swansea City Council

Gorseinon JCP

Morriston JCP

Swansea JCP

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Tewkesbury JCP

Three Rivers District Council

Watford JCP*

(*Also serves Watford Borough Council)

Watford Borough Council

Watford JCP*

(*Also serves Three Rivers District Council)

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

Hatfield JCP

West Berkshire Council

Newbury JCP

Reading JCP*

(*Also serves Reading Borough Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and Wokingham Borough Council)

West Dorset District Council

Bridport JCP

West Lancashire Borough Council

Ormskirk JCP

Skelmersdale JCP

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

Weymouth JCP

Wokingham Borough Council

Reading JCP*

(*Also serves Reading Borough Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and West Berkshire Council)

This schedule focuses on showing the main go live dates for respective Jobcentre areas and local authorities. We are aware that due to how postcode areas are linked to Jobcentres and local authorities there may be occasions where a small sample of postcodes go live at a different time than stated in this schedule. Those Jobcentres and local authorities affected will be notified as part of the implementation process. However it is not practical to be able to show all of these instances on a schedule of this nature.

Additionally some local authorities and Jobcentre areas appear more than once within the list. This is due to the fact that some local authorities do not have a Jobcentre within their boundary and the catchment area falls within the Jobcentre area of a neighbouring local authority.

Sites currently live with Universal Credit Full Service May 2016 – September 2017

Below are a list of the corresponding Jobcentre area and Local Authorities that are already live with Universal Credit Full Service up to the end of September 2017.